We stepped out in the shatter light
And I watched as we blew away
Through a sea of seats
And the tangled-up streets
And the cities in a grey-blue haze

In the catalogue
All the places fold in
Underneath a daylight moon
Grey eyes, brown eyes
Mad nights, red skies
Well, I keep them in a jumble room

So while I am the one who waits here
We all know that it's all such a game of touch and go
Let's play at touch and go
I'm waking up in the moving windows
Going out to play the game of touch and go
'Cause it's all so touch and go

The summer boy in his dark-blue shirt
Getting letters from Tokyo
And we're sitting in a shaky lake
Or gliding over to a girl with a broken nose

There's motorway sparks
And meetings in the park
And fires from years ago
You can watch your friends
Through this tiny lens
Then you'll know that there's no way home

So while I am the one who waits here
We all know that it's all such a game of touch and go
Let's play at touch and go
Waking up in the moving windows
Going out again to play the game of touch and go
'Cause it's all so touch and go
Let's go

Now it's springtime
On the moving stairway
Time to start again
And I'm wondering vaguely just whose face this is
And could we ever be friends?
Outside now it's so huge and blue
And the city windows start to glow
And the tides are soft as we're casting off
As the summer starts to show

So while I am the one who waits here
Where I like to play the game of touch and go
Let's play at touch and go
I'm waking up in the moving windows
Going out again to play the game of touch and go
'Cause it's all so touch and go
So let's go...

Miles away
I'm walking in like someone else again
Miles away
I'm watching summer through an English rain
And I'm a new man when I walk away
It's crazy
Shaking the daze from my head again
I know I must be miles away
Miles away
Miles away
Miles away

Miles away
I reassemble on the morning train
I try to say
My voice just tumbles on a long delay
And there's a new man at the edge of me
It's crazy
Making new plans for the rest of me
I'm looking back from miles away
Miles away
Miles away
Miles away

All the same
We talk on telephones across the haze
Miles away
The planes go glinting on their vapour trails
And I'm a new man when I walk away
It's crazy
Turning my head to the shine again
I'm waking up from miles away
Miles away
Miles away
Miles away